Kintzing Clavichord: Goldberg Variations by Bach, played by Michael Tsalka
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- Excerpt from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685--1750) played by Michael Tsalka at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, August, 2012.
Performed on a clavichord by Christian Kintzing (1707--1804), Neuwied, Germany, 1763. Learn more about this piano: www.metmuseum.o...
Production support was provided by The Donna and Marvin Schwartz Foundation
A production of the Digital Media Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Produced and Directed by Christopher Noey
Edited by Kate Farrell
Camera by Kelly Richardson and Jessica Glass
Lighting by Ned Hallick
Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio by David Raymond
Production Coordinator: Stephanie Wuertz
Production Assistants: Sarah Cowan, Maureen Coyle
Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose curator-in-charge
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
Susana Caldeira, Assistant Conservator
Dongsok Shin, keyboard technician
Joseph Peknik III, Principal Technician
Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator
Marian Eines, Associate for Administration
So nice to hear and see such an antique instrument. It gives a flavor of the past. Thank you Michael Tsalka for your performance.
Wow. I've never heard this instrument before. It's so interesting. I love the artwork on these ancient keyboards.
Interesting, all the creaking and knocking, the noise surrounding the notes themselves.
To be honest, I'm surprised at how good it actually sounds.
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What a beautiful instrument! People's please remember this instrument is old and is going to have some bumps ect. It is amazing that it is still playable, still it has a beautiful sound.
Yes, it is exquisite to look at and it still plays quite well. I find the knocking of the keys quite charming. It is wonderful that it has survived 400 years!
I just watched the video again! I wish I could have access to play it!
Yes, imagine touching those special keys!
***** Not *everything* needs to be the same and perfect. I like the crackling uniqueness of vinyl albums, and the errant plunks of Thelonious Monk recordings. It's called personality.
***** Meh...po-tate-tow, po-tah-tow.
On piano day we should remember that the clavichord, like the piano can also vary the volume of sound it produces, since the strings are struck and not plucked as on a harpsichord. Perhaps this is where the inspiration for Cristofori's later invention came from. In any event, this is a wonderful performance on a very old instrument.
Great education thank you! I was wondering the history of both the harpsichord and the clavacord. Interesting distinction that one is struck and one is blocked! Thank you so much!
The Clavinet is an Electric Clavichord
Fabulous old instrument!
As much as people are complaining about the clacking of the keys, I'm more upset by how casually out of tune some of the notes sound. I know the instrument is old, but it should be kept in better repair if one is going to actually play it.
It's definitely not tuned to equal temperment
@@SE4GY7 Some bits are not tuned to any temperament.
@@baronmeduse 😂
Wonderful playing on a ''none playable extremely noisy and out of tune'' clavichord. The clavichord itself was made by one of Germany's best makers but they don't look after their instruments in the Metropolitan museum.
Museum instruments are kept only well from not being destroyed more...are just one step better than humid cellars! these museums are in fact prisons for these instruments where they are hardly ever restored or maintained for serious performance.
Beautiful instrument and played beautifully by The artist
Why did they call this a piano?"...Learn more about this piano"The instrument looks a lot like my own instrument, a replica that is, from the same period. If you can hear past the knocking and banging due to the very loose action and probably worn out felt in the keybed, it sounds not unlike my own instrument made in the 1980s.
very interesting. beautiful instrument and well played
what lovely playing!!! thank you.
This is really cool! I think it is interesting how the instrument goes out of tune as the piece progresses. I don't mean to vilify the instrument by saying this... Only as an observation. Perhaps this is observable as beauty in itself.
Interesting interpretation, happy to have heard it. Some bass figures are more marked on this instrument. Can't help wondering why the Mr. Tsalka plays it like this.
I think I will post my own video of this Aria and then put the link here when it's ready.
Are you ready? I would love to hear the Aria
Amazingly played
Beautiful!
kinda hysteric playing
To me it's amazing
@@javierdiazsantana me too
We project ourselves in the music. You seem to be the histeric XD
like traveling in time
Superb!
WARNING! Do NOT listen to this if you at all interested in what clavichords really sound like.
@Joana Martins His actual point.
Please could you recommend me some authentic clavichord experiences?
These are recordings on instruments that are actually in tune and played by people who know how to play clavichord!
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It needs to correct the beating of the keyboards in the wood, the retreat of the touch hurts the sound ....
The idea of the video is great, but the instrument does not offer the condition would need to this specific music !!!!!
This is awesome
What does he do at 2:30? What does he slide?
according to the museum: This unfretted instrument, one of two known clavichords by Kintzing, is
equipped with a pantalon stop, an unusual feature consisting of a second
row of tangents under the keyboard that aided in sustaining tones.
In other words , it acts as a foot pedal for sustained notes not unlike the modern piano :)
@@SoloFalcon1138 I did not hear any evidence that a 'pantalon stop' was being employed.
I don't hear any extra sustain anywhere. The sound of this clavichord is fine; there are many clavichords (with no 'pantalon stop') that sound just like it, but it is horribly out of tune.There is no excuse for that. The mechanical noice is the worst I've ever heard. It is not the usual 'clacking' of keys.
It seems he has engaged the “pantalon stop” for the repeat of Section B. I haven’t heard one of those before. It would be interesting to hear one on a better recording.
Brilliant playing on what is probably a beautiful instrument but shame on the Metropolitan Museum for such poor tuning and maintenance.
The playing is excellent the instrument fine tonally and in tune just some problem with a loose nameboard, easily fixed.
At one point you can actually hear the tanget break past the string.
First of all, his timing and pace is wonderful, but his chucking of the keys becomes annoying after a bit. I'm sure the performer is used to playing something like a piano forte or harpsichord that has key depth adjustments built in. At any rate, i also think that a certain level of delicacy is needed to play these wonderful old instruments-lovingly maintained, but sadly, still misunderstood in musical- playing context.
Are there two separate soundtracks wrongly intertwined here? My poor ears. Scott Ross forever. UPDATE: To be honest, I think there is a problem with the video playback... maybe only on certain platforms.
There is some kind of compression. Thats why the volume is jumping around.
3:20 best part... feels so good ;p
Uao! congratulations!!
clavichord or virginal?
seiph80 It's a clavichord since its strings are struck by a blade rather than plucked by a plectrum as in virginals.
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marveless
the highest octave is way out of tune... but who will dare tu turn that knobs to correct it?...
:D
It should not be tuned, nor the wood sounds corrected. This is devastatingly beautiful exactly the way it is. Right out of that century and through time, to our ears.
In it's heyday that clavichord did not sound like it does now. Even old instruments need repairs.
здорово!!!
Aphex Twin?
Not in any way.
Is this guy in a hurry to use the toilet?
ahahahah this was a good one!
Although many people play the aria as at sarabande tempo, arias have a wide range of tempi.
When your sources are modern pianists like the Pinky Punky Glenn Gould or asleep Richter and others, of course these historically informed performances sound too fast for you.
feels rushed
understatement
@@clavimcg Overstatement.
OPEN THE LID AND THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP ABOUNDING.......ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE MOCKING FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH NO CLASS............ THE GENERATION THAT WOULD THROW AWAY ARTS IN EDUCATION.............
this is an abomination on every level.
The recording is abysmal and records more noise than sound
The player has a terrible and hard insensitive touch
The instrument is out of tune and badly strung.
This recording gives a bad name to the clavichord as as historic instrument.
This is not a question of taste- this is simply disgraceful.
yeah. this is what happens when you put all your effort into "looking expressive"!
Too much clacking.
this execution seems to me like someone is slapping my face xD
I agree. Couldn't say it better
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It's NOT a piano!! The Clavichord is neither a piano nor a harpsichord. Please get it if right, for once!
Really poorly played. In all possible ways.
+Guillermo Brachetta ...says the lonely troll.
Anonymous Trolling seems to work, at least with anonymous people.
horrrrrrible!
+Daniel Thonon ...my comment is." ~Yoda
Is this in meantone? It sounds very out of tune.
No, meantone would sound more in tune than we’re used to nowadays. This is just out of time no matter what temperament you prefer
0:21 - 0:24, sounded like a little too much rubato.
Dreadful. Poor recording of a poor instrument. Badly set up action, badly voiced and out of tune. More gentle touch might help ?
There is nothing wrong with the recording - - -it unfortunately very faithfully records the horribly out-of-tune strings and mechanical noise. And I thing the clavichord, if attending to properly, would have a very nice sound, as most surviving antiques do.
So pianistic, this is not the appropriate way to play this instrument.
楽器がボロ過ぎる。ガタガタいうんを治してくる。あと、ゴルトベルクをクラヴィコードで弾く意味はない。しかも演奏が下手くそやし、何ともならんな。
Bad
Horrible sound!
Disgusting. I'm sorry, but this is really bad.
A terrible and outdated instrument of historical interest - only. It does give a few hints of the limitations the musicians and composers worked under at the time.
Todays real problem is how to save some of the good music actually made at the time - by transposing it to modern instruments.
+Thomas Borgsmidt Not outdated by any means. This instruments needs some restoration, a modern clavichord can be extremely spectacular to play and listen to. The problem though is the recording of this instrument and of recording clavichords in general because they are very soft, but playing one in a quiet house or room makes the instrument come alive and the music sings.
Thomas Borgsmidt I can't disagree enough with such a biased comment. Period instruments can't be deemed as inferior because of their mechanism or sound compared to modern instruments. Replicas have proved to be wonderful in their performance. Their sound is subtle, but their timbre is full of different colours. At that time, each key had a special meaning. Modern instruments with their equal entonation have lost that. I don't know if you noticed that this original clavichord hasn't been restored and properly strung.
Hmmm.... I don't know if You have heard a consort of Crumhorns??? It is not possible to turn the clock back - and some of the music can indeed survive the transplant. I've been to church concerts with gambes - I must admit I didn't hear them. Period.
Yes, I have. Their sound is peculiar and I love it. Gambas are soft instruments, but so elegant and rich in their harmonics. Anyway, my comments are biased because I play early music and for me pre-classical music and instruments are superb.
Yes! :-)
I agree the instrument does sound unique. This one though does need a tuning and some maintenance, but as an instrument that's close to 300 years old, it's probably best not to touch it.
My clavichord is similar to this instrument and is based on one from the same period.
Well, there are better clavicords to play Bach, or others, in order to listen to an old sound. This one is not properly tuned, and have mechanical problems too. In its time surely would have been much better. So, play on a copy of an old Clavicord, is the only way to listen to the real sound of it, when it was built.